The story of one city

In the novel "History of one City" (1869-1870), the writer ridicules the vices of Russian society of the 19th century, determining the typical features of bureaucrats-officials and ambiguously emphasizing historical parallels. So the images of the mayor resemble historical personalities, and many events refer to palace coups. "" The history of one city "is, in essence, the satirical history of Russian society in the second half of the past and at the beginning of the present century, set out in the form of a comic description of the city of Glupov and the bosses who consistently ruled them ..." - wrote I. S. Turgenev. This book is modern in our days, in fact, not a merciless sentence of "Russian reality", but a ruthless surgical operation that reveals and heals a "ulcer" of society